Bucket Fillers

Books for Bucket Fillers
The books listed below are books that may be used with students who are striving to be "bucket fillers" and steer away from being "bucket dippers".


Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children by Carol McCloud and Katherine Martin

• Teaches children that being kind and loving is important and that each time love and kindness is shown, they make someone feel special.

Halle and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family

• When Tiger comes to live with a dog named Halle, Halle must teach the new cat about bucket filling.

Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud

• Uses the metaphor of filling a bucket to encourage children to practice kind and considerate behavior and teach them the benefits of positive relationships.

How Full is Your Bucket? for Kids by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer

• A little boy named Felix learns that being kind to others not only helps them, but helps him as well.

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson

• A young girl's good deed is multiplied as it is passed on by those who have been touched by the kindness of others.

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

• A witch finds room on her broom for all the animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by rescuing her from a dragon.

True Bucket-Filling Stories: Legacies of Love by Stacey Lundgren

• Ten true and powerful stories that share about the power of compassion, forgiveness, and the miracles that can be created by expressing love.

Will You Fill My Bucket? by Carol McCloud and Karen Wells

• A simple question, Will you fill my bucket?, is fervently asked by children from twelve different countries. Read about their experiences and answers to the question.